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Tesla has reportedly put some of its recently laid-off Supercharger employees back to work, mitigating some of the division’s drastic downsizing.
bloomberg reported on Monday The company cited anonymous sources with “familiar knowledge” of efforts by Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) maker to rehire an unspecified number of Supercharger team members.
The paper revealed that Tesla’s head of North America is one of those who rejoined the company.
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The report comes two weeks after The Information and other news outlets reported that the Supercharger division, which employs about 500 people, was being sanctioned. Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla’s senior director of EV charging, has also left the company.
A Tesla charging station in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, August 24, 2016. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
FOX Business has reached out to Tesla for comment.
Late last month, Tesla reported that its Supercharger network consists of more than 57,500 connectors and nearly 6,250 stations. These were increases of 27% and 26% respectively over the previous year.
Tesla reports that its Supercharger network consists of more than 57,500 connectors and approximately 6,250 stations. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Musk said on the social media platform It will cost well over $500 million.” Thousands of new chargers are coming this year. ”
Tesla announced in mid-April that it planned to cut more than 10% of its workforce as part of a restructuring, before cutting nearly everyone in its Supercharger division. As of the end of 2023, more than 140,400 people were employed by EV manufacturers.
A Tesla car is charged at a station in Kettleman City, California, on January 25, 2023. (Mike Blake/Reuters Photo)
Tesla said the job cuts will “prepare Tesla for its next phase of growth as we develop some of the most innovative technologies in automotive, energy and artificial intelligence.”
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Earlier this month, reports surfaced that an EV maker had rejected summer internship offers for university students.
